Bio: H. S. Kennedy, Sabine Parish, Louisiana

Source: History of Sabine Parish by John G. Belisle,

The Sabine Banner Press, 1912 (page 303)

Submitted by: Kay Thompson-Brown - Diggersinc@aol.com
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H. S. KENNEDY



Mr. Kennedy (Uncle Hugh) was a citizen of Sabine parish from about 1860 till

his death a few years since.  It was said of Uncle Hugh and another worthy old

citizen of Pleasant Hill that they were in the habit of sallying out of a

morning and indulging in a little nproarous profanity before breakfast, as a

constitutional health measure.  Aside from a few harmless eccentricities of

this kind, that served to accentuate his individuality, he was a man of social

disposition; and, possessing a remarkable memory, was full of interesting

reminiscences of this section, extending from the time that he met Sam Houston

of Texas on the streets of Many to and including the latest happening of local

or national politics.  He was of markable personal appearance, his head being

almost entirely bald.  It was full of sound sense, however, and with an

Irishman's wit and knack of expression; but for lack of opportunity, he might

have been a Grattan or a Curran in oratorical power, He was, besides, a man of

high character, and the worthy ancestor of some of our best people.



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